Elenberg Fraser has announced the promotion of a number of its team that will strengthen its leadership team, aligned to an ongoing focus on diversity and gender parity.
Melissa Leung has been upgraded to the role of Associate Director, while Daniel Hazmy, Kathleen Bainbridge and Sezen Donmez have become Associates.
Through the promotions, the practice has achieved gender parity within its Associate group and ensures succession planning is in full swing.
“Since the very beginning, Elenberg Fraser has fostered next generation design talent,” says Principal Reade Dixon.
“Our practice was built around achieving impossible realities and empowering young architects in a mistake-friendly environment.”
“Our newest leadership elevations continue that culture, recognising ambitious and passionate team members that contribute to our philosophy and future direction as well as the wider industry.”.
Melissa Leung joined the practice in 2016 as an Interior Designer. Leading the interiors team on a national scale,
Leung is currently leading the redesign of the legendary Vue du Monde, located on the 55th floor of the Rialto Tower in Melbourne. She is also part of the design team for the reimagined Marina Mirage on the Gold Coast, invigorating one of the glitter strip’s most iconic landmarks.
New Associate Daniel Hazmy is currently overseeing the delivery of Aspire Melbourne, at a time when the project is due to break ground. He is widely recognised as a safe set of hands to lead the documentation and delivery stages of large-scale projects.
Kathleen Bainbridge, now recognised as an Associate, is a key member of the practice’s hierarchical structure and has been for the last five years. Bainbridge has assisted in the design of UNO Melbourne, with her sustainable intelligence regarded as crucial to the practice.
Sezen Donmez joined the practice in 2021, backed by diverse project experience across geographies, typologies and scales. The new Associate has worked in Istanbul, the UK and Australia, experiences that have shaped her personal design philosophy, including an ability to understand different people and cultures, and how they interact with the built environment.
